Word: columnist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...spare time teaching Plato's Republic to Congressmen and other notable Washingtonians, each of whom gave a lecture at the college as payment in kind. Later, Goldwin held a class for capital journalists on the writings of John Locke, the subject of his Ph.D. dissertation. Says Washington Post Columnist David Broder, an alumnus of several Goldwin seminars: "He is the most skilled moderator or discussion manager I've ever seen...
...Iranian way of swinging. Zahedi likes to give lavish parties where he showers his friends with "yum-yum," his favorite word for caviar, champagne and diamonds. His wooing techniques are quaint. Recently, Zahedi startled a blonde with a chorus of "kitchy-kitchy-koos" over the dinner table. And Columnist Maxine Cheshire reported a scene straight out of The Merry Widow. As Cristina Ford was leaving a Washington party, Zahedi cupped her hands, splashed them with champagne and then kissed each drop away...
...York Times, he was advised by the President's counsel, John Dean, not to accept the $150 payment, as it might be construed as a conflict of interest. In his new book about the Nixon Administration, Before the Fall, a deadpan Safire-now a Times columnist-recalls his feeling at the time. "That was a good idea, I thought: it was good that we had men like Dean around to make sure nobody did anything criticizable...
Charles Bartlett, a syndicated columnist who had speculated earlier about Dunlop's appointment, told the Crimson yesterday there are other possible candidates for the position...
...1950s. It can provide a graphic perspective on this or any other time: Thomas Nast's cartoon of the U.S. contending with inflation might have been inked yesterday instead of in 1876. And the cartoon can provide a time capsule for the historian. New York Times Columnist William V. Shannon offers a sound, if wistful, prophecy when he foresees that "a hundred years from now, Herblock will be read and his cartoons admired by everyone trying to understand these strange times...